More nightly bombings on Gaza. According to Al-Jazeera there were at least 27 victims: 15 in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, in southern Gaza, 10 in Al-Zawaida, in the center of the Strip, and another two in the Jabalia refugee camp.
From major United Nations aid agencies and international charities comes calls for an immediate "humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza. The appeal is contained in a joint declaration signed, among others, by the leaders of Ocha, Unicef, the World Food Programme, WHO, Save the Children and Care International. In the note, the situation in Gaza is defined as "horrible" and "unacceptable".
«For almost a month the world has been observing the evolution of the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories - we read - with shock and horror at the dizzying number of lives lost and torn apart. According to Israeli authorities, around 1,400 people were killed and thousands were injured in Israel. More than 200 people, including children, were taken hostage. Rockets continue to traumatize families. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced. This is horrible." «However, the horrific killing of even greater numbers of civilians in Gaza - the humanitarian agencies continue - is an outrage, as is the exclusion of 2.2 million Palestinians from food, water, medicine, electricity and fuel . In Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health, nearly 9,500 people have been killed, including 3,900 children and over 2,400 women. More than 23,000 injured people need immediate treatment in overstretched hospitals. An entire population is besieged and under attack, deprived of access to essential goods for survival, bombed in their homes, shelters, hospitals and places of worship. This is unacceptable."
(Unioneonline/ss)